Cable Will Have a 4-Movie Arc, Suggests Josh Brolin

The man behind the CGI talks about both his Marvel roles.

By
Joe Skrebels

Josh Brolin has revealed that his take on Cable was planned to encompass four movies - but his other Marvel role, playing the world-conquering Thanos, might not last quite that long. Speaking to Empire (via Comic Book Movie), Brolin discussed both his Marvel character roles, specifically covering how long he might be playing them. With regard to Cable, he explained: "We think about it in four movie terms. We tried to think of Cable as a full arc, not just in [Deadpool 2], but in the trajectory of four films. That made it a lot more fun for me." With no mention of Cable being part of X-Men: Dark Phoenix, The New Mutants or Gambit, and with the planned X-Force movie seemingly no longer a going concern, it's not clear what the three Cable movies following Deadpool 2 would be at this time. Of course, the impending takeover of Fox by Disney may mean that any planned Cable arc doesn't come to fruition. That may be preferable to Brolin, though, who said, "I don't like the idea of a franchise, personally." He clarified by indicating that his role as Thanos may be short-lived: "That's what makes the Thanos thing really great. It's a finite thing, and I like that." Originally, Avengers: Infinity War was a two-part movie but that was changed in 2016, with directors the Russo brothers explaining recently that Infinity War and Avengers 4 will be "two distinct movies". Given that the two movies were filmed concurrently, it's expected that Thanos will appear in both, but we know Infinity War has surprises in store - perhaps The Mad Titan's reign will come to an early end? Whatever his future with Marvel, we'll see a lot of Brolin in the coming months. Avengers: Infinity arrives on April 25 in Australia, April 26 in the UK, and April 27 in the US. After that, Deadpool 2 arrives on 15 May in the UK, 17 May in Australia, and 18 May in the US. Joe Skrebels is IGN's UK News Editor, and he enjoys the idea of Deadpool seeing Cable and Thanos in one place in a future MCU Deadpool movie. Follow him on Twitter.